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To: Zeev Hed who wrote (11910)	5/13/1998 10:47:00 AM
From: Stitch	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 12298

Zeev, <<Who says media needs to rotate?>> If you use MR heads the answer is that it doesn't, inasmuch as MR is not velocity dependent. Maybe you should invent a product? <G> (And who says we don't have humor here?) Best, Stitch

To: Zeev Hed who wrote (11910)	5/13/1998 11:09:00 AM
From: Spots	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 12298

Well, assuming you're at least partially serious, SOMETHING's got to move, and the rotational motion for all it's data and magnetic complexities, is a relatively simple motion mechanically. Compared to linear motion, anyhow. What happens when the "linear head array" comes to the end of its track? How do you mount it and keep it aligned? These are much more complex questions mechanically than rotational motion and a swivel arm (another rotational motion). I've often wondered about the angular momentum of these high-speed screamers myself. Suppose you had a server with a couple of dozen 50,000 rpm disks in it? If you kicked it over, it would probably precess through the wall <GGG>. Another hazard for California residents. I remember many (really many) years ago seeing high-speed drums in a Lockheed computer room. These drums were maybe a foot in diameter (maybe more), 2-3 feet long, and rotated at 3750 rpm (or about that). Big, heavy, drums. I remember wondering what would happen if one broke loose. I was told later that one did break a mount and tear the computer room to ribbons. Off-shift, fortunately, nobody hurt. System crashes nowadays ain't what they used to be <GGGG>.